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Lynnmor
Aug 08, 2018Explorer II
Maury82 wrote:
I used the directions provided by Blue Ox.
I took the fender opening measurements of the truck without the trailer, then the took measurements after setting up the hitch and tensioning the bars.
I did not take measurements with the trailer resting on the hitch.
The reason I brought this up is that Ford recommended, for a number of years, to bring the front back down by half of what it raised. Now they are saying only one quarter of the way back down. Some hitch manufacturers are saying to bring it all the way back. Wet road traction is my concern with transferring too much weight one way or the other. Ford may have recognized that rear wheel skidding may be the larger problem.
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